Word: fla
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President-Elect had planned to leave Washington last week, was compelled to prolong his stay indefinitely. His proposed Southern vacation will probably not include a trip to the West Indies, though a visit to Havana is still scheduled. Belle Isle, Fla., is the Hoover southern base during his Washington stay...
Bright over the Gulf of Mexico blazed the sun. A small white boat, one-masted, drifted into the tidy harbor of Tarpon Springs, Fla. On a beam reaching from the mast to the flagstaff astern, hung sponges strung on cords six feet in length. It was a Monday. Tuesday was auction...
Died. George Lewis ("Tex") Rickard, potentate of pugilism; in Miami, Fla., where he was arranging a bout between Jack Sharkey and Young Stribling. Jack Dempsey was at his deathbed...
Otto Hermann Kahn, banker, caught a fish off West Palm Beach, Fla. A 40-lb. kingfish, his catch was a record. Robert Tyre Jones, golfer, caught a 7-ft. barracuda off Miami, Fla. That was no record...
...Boston to Charleston or from New York to Miami or Savannah. ¶ Southbound golfers often head for the places where their favorite professionals hold forth. At Pinehurst are Donald and Alec Ross; at Augusta, Dave and Alec Ogilvie; at Belleair, Alex Smith. Gene Sarazen is at New Port Ritchey, Fla. At Miami Beach is Willie Klein; at St. Augustine, National Open Champion Johnny Farrell. Jock Hutchison is still a fixture at Nassau in the offshore Bahamas...